--- title: At the end of an hour, when the Star Gazer heard no more noise, he p… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the end of an hour, when the Star Gazer heard no more noise, he peeped out and saw the twelve sisters in splendid garments, with their satin shoes on their feet, and in their hands the bouquets he had brought them. Who acts: Star Gazer, Gazer. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Star Gazer, Gazer), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg540:2:57 # text = At the end of an hour, when the Star Gazer heard no more noise, he peeped out and saw the twelve sisters in splendid garments, with their satin shoes on their feet, and in their hands the bouquets he had brought them. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Star Star PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Gazer Gazer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 no no ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 15 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 peeped peep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 satin satin NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bouquets bouquet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Star Gazer | more noise | | | at the end of a hour | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 2 | **peep out** | past | Gazer | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | Gazer *not said here* | the twelve sisters | | splendid garments | | with sisters's satin shoes on sisters's feet | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sister=Stimulus | | 4 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the bouquets | | sisters's hands | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination they=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/58/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/)